[BonnieLorraine]

Uroplatus sikorae
Laid: 9/18/2011
Hatched: 12/21/2011
Incubation length: 94 days
Temps: 71-76, had the incubator set at 74 but Exo Terras swing quite a bit, last month was 71-72 pretty much constantly
Incubation method: dry vermiculite in a bottle cap over moist vermiculite
One gecko appears to have a slight kink in the base of his tail, hoping it's just developmental.

Second clutch of eggs
Laid: 10/5/2011
Hatched: 1/13/2012 and 1/15/2012
Incubation length: 100 and 102 days
Temps: up to 76, but mostly 72
Incubation method: dry vermiculite over moist

Third clutch of eggs
Laid: 10/22/2011
Hatched: 2/6/2012 and 2/7/2012
Incubation length: 107 and 108 days
Temps: mostly 72
Incubation: same as above, one egg was crunched closely after being laid and was patched with tissue and super glue.

[BonnieLorraine]

4th clutch of sikorae
Laid: 11/18/2011
Hatched: 3/6/2012
Incubation length: 109 days
Temps: mostly 72, except for the last three weeks when I needed the incubator for desert species, so they went up to mid to high 70s during the day, 60s at night.
Incubation: same as all of the previous clutches, except for being at room closet temperatures for the end of it.

[Graham_s]

Forgot to thank you for your data!
Looking at what I have so far, I think I need to collect data for at least this breeding/hatching season as well.
Primarily, I need data for U. sikorae, U. guentheri and U. finiavana, but any information is welcome and appreciated.
Thanks for everyone's help on this. I hope to end up with some information that is of use to all of us!!

[pakinjak]

I hate to clutter up your tidy thread Graham, but I have a question that I wonder about. I'll share when they've all hatched, but I got eight henk eggs this past season with two still yet to hatch. A friend of mine hatch five or six henkeli last year as well. We were both shooting for the same temp. range- 74-75F roughly with a night drop down into the high sixties. All of his hatched right at 95 days. The six I have so far have ranged from 113-123 days. Anybody got a guess how he could incubate at 75 and I incubate at 74, yet his hatchlings hatch almost a month earlier than any of mine?

The only things I can think of are-

maybe there is some temp difference that we're not aware of, perhaps one of us is getting bad readings or the night drop isn't what we think it is.

his were laid in the spring, mine in the fall. Could there be some seasonal effect, like barometric pressure going on?

[Graham_s]

That is interesting! And I certainly wouldn't class it as clutter
Perhaps it could be somewhat dependent on conditions during gestation as well as incubation conditions?
Are there many differences in husbandry between you and your friend?

[pakinjak]

I honestly don't know. I also wonder if it could be a difference between the locales of the animals. Mine are the Nosy Be' type, his mainland. Maybe that's a factor too.

[Graham_s]

I think that could probably have some significance as well. Maybe some of it is just down to individuality of the geckos.

If you make any other observations that you feel might be significant or that interest you, please by all means write them in this thread.

Thanks again for sharing your curiosities!

[miguel camacho!]

Species: Uroplatus aff henkeli

Daytime temps 67-70 F
Overnight temps - 60-65 F

Eggs laid: September 25, 2011
Egg 1 hatched: April 12, 2012
Egg 2 hatched: April 14, 2012

Incubation time egg 1: 200 days (6 months, 18 days)
Incubation time egg 2: 202 days (6 months, 20 days)

New record for me!

[pakinjak]

Mike, were you doing an experiment with those eggs? Seems to me you'd have to intentionally try to keep them at those temps in SC, and the temps were very much on the low side for the usual Uroplatus incubation range. Can you share more about them, or is it simpler than I think it is?

[miguel camacho!]

Easy to do over the winter and without central heat/ac. A window unit for AC control, a space heater for heat control. I've always preferred lower incubation temps, I've never felt rushed to get geckos out of eggs.